Developing Creative Thinking in the Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Presenter: Dr. Joyce Juntune, Texas A&M University
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies 
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary 
Hours: 6


Knowledge is no longer a competitive advantage. The job market is flooded with applicants who possess the knowledge necessary to complete a job. However, in today’s world creativity and creative thinking are the skills that prepare our students for success. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., is passionate about teaching educators to both inspire academic achievement and develop creative thinking in the classroom.   

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One criticism of modern, American education is that students are taught to memorize correct answers but not taught creative thinking and problem solving. In this in-depth, 6-hour course, Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., delves deeply into essential strategies for developing creative thinking in the classroom. She believes that creative thinking is an essential component leading to the long-term success of gifted students educationally, personally, and professionally. Creative thinking has long been considered the highest form of mental functioning. Dr. Juntune explains how idea generation is the foundation of creative thinking, and she provides applicable tools you can use to help students generate new ideas.

Over the course of six modules, Dr. Juntune will share:

  • Lessons from her own background in the field of creativity
  • The importance of nurturing creativity
  • Developing creative thinkers for the future
  • Preparing students to become cutting-edge creative thinkers
  • The differences between fluency and flexibility
  • The basics of mind sketching, and
  • And so much more!

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2321 reviews for Developing Creative Thinking in the Classroom (6-Hour)

  1. Sandra – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    This was such a great course! Dr.Juntune is amazing! The course was engaging, useful, and encouraging.

  2. Yesenia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    A lot of great ideas to apply in the classroom

  3. Mackenzie – BURLESON ISD (verified owner)

    I think the course was explained well.

  4. Beatrice – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Some very strong and interesting ideas.

  5. Craig – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner)

    Great Speaker

  6. Lorena – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Very useful information. Very convenient doing this at home while learning new things at the same time.

  7. Casen – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner)

    It has been very helpful for G/T training.

  8. Ashley – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    I really liked the training.

  9. Rebecca – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    You get great ideas from her discussion to use in the classroom.

  10. Kendall – ALICE ISD (verified owner)

    Really Good for online

  11. IMELDA – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful strategies for GT students

  12. Alan – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    goof

  13. Giselle – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Very insightful, thank you.

  14. Nadra – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    This course provides strategies and ideas to use for students who are gifted.

  15. Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    I would have liked to see her screen. Make it more relevant to specific grade levels

  16. Patricia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner)

    Very insightful and gave me many things to think about and become a better teacher.

  17. Karen – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed this creative thinking session, it has several good activities to use with my students.

  18. Alonzo – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    This is an insightful course with a lot of great strategies to implement with students.

  19. Jose – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Great ideas

  20. Martha – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner)

    This course is very informative although lengthy. With this course teachers can learn a lot about the different types of students and how to improve classroom management and culture.

  21. Alvaro – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    This course is magnificent, and I recommend this course to everyone.

  22. Mark – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    I love her ideas!

  23. Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Amazing!

  24. Diane – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    This is great for Language Art teachers! I wish more ways were given for incorporating into the math class setting.

  25. Thalia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    I believe this course has helped me understand and value the gifted.

  26. Net – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner)

    great session

  27. HECTOR – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Great course learned a lot.

  28. Marisol – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner)

    Very informative

  29. Laura – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner)

    It was interesting and gave great ideas on how to foster creative/critical thinking in the classroom.

  30. Monica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    I think this course is very insightful on how to push our students to be creative thinkers and take ownership of their learning. This training helped me understand new methods to help push my students to be more creative and expand their knowledge in a student centered manner.

  31. Janine – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    The course provides a lot of information to help push your students to actually think.

  32. thania – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    great helpful trainings

  33. Sellina – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner)

    This course affirmed that I am doing some things in my classroom to allow my students to become creative thinkers. It also provided me with some great ideas to begin implementing in my classroom that I can see my students truly growing from and enjoying.

  34. Sarah – Aldine ISD (verified owner)

    I like the key concepts that Dr. Juntune was getting across, however I think that she could have been much more concise with her ideas. She talked about getting points across while being as concise as possible, but I felt that she too could have been more concise.

  35. Connie – ANGLETON ISD (verified owner)

    This is an outstanding course and I am already changing the way I think.

  36. Hilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    I thought this course was resourceful. It will help me implement new ideas into my Kindergarten classroom.

  37. Abbigail – ORANGEFIELD ISD (verified owner)

    I think it is really great.

  38. Karen – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    It is a very informative and useful course especially for a first year GT teacher like myself.

  39. Margaretanne – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner)

    I did not have the handouts, so it was a little confusing.

  40. Diana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    It was great very informative

  41. Alison – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner)

    I loved the ideas!

  42. Deisy – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    Very useful information.

  43. Ainsley – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    This was very helpful! I’m a math teacher so this is training that is new to me.

  44. Caleigh – BURLESON ISD (verified owner)

    This course gave me a lot of valuable tools to have my students practice creativity in my class.

  45. Rachel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    The course was helpful with strategies to incorporate within the classroom to help students with content and to explore the content at another level.

  46. Rebecca – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    This course is very educational!

  47. Erica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed the easy ways to encourage creative thinking. At no cost either.

  48. Mallory – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    This course really gets you thinking about creative thinking.

  49. Hiroshima – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    It offers unique techniques to develop creative writing in the classroom.

  50. Eduardo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Very good speaker and knowledgeable.

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